Europe prepared to close the border until the fall

the Border of the Schengen zone can be closed at least until the autumn. This was on a closed video conference with the Union leaders told the President of France Emmanuel macron, BFM reports with reference to own source.

According to the head of state, he is pessimistic and requests that it prepare for a long period of isolation in Europe. Macron explained that such measures might have to go due difference in the course of the epidemic in different regions of Europe and the world.

the Decision to close entry to the EU heads of state and government of the EU adopted in mid-March amid the worsening situation with coronavirus infection. Pre-ban was to last a month.

as of the morning of April 11 around the world the number of cases COVID-19 has close to 1.7 million people. The leader remains the USA, which accounted for nearly a third of all cases, but in total, the number of infected and deaths Europe is considerably larger than all other regions of the world.

In Russia, was 1667 new cases of infection with coronavirus, most of them in Moscow — 1030 people. For the entire period of 106 cases have died, 1045 recovered.